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1 day ago · Caligula's immediate successor, Claudius, abolished taxes, embarked on various costly building projects and donated 15,000 sesterces to each Praetorian Guard in 41 as his own reign began, which suggests that Caligula had left him a solvent treasury.
3 days ago · However, the common people, angry and distressed, were not in the mood to put power back into senatorial hands. Crowds demanded that those responsible for Caligula’s death be brought to justice. Meanwhile, the Praetorian Guard discovered Caligula’s uncle, Claudius, hiding in the palace.
4 days ago · The emperor before him, his adoptive grandfather Tiberius, was suspected of killing Caligula's father, mother, and two brothers. And when Caligula turned 19, he was summoned to live with...
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2 days ago · The Augustus Diocletian ( r. 283–305) began the Diocletianic persecution, the final general persecution of Christians, which continued to be enforced in parts of the empire until the Augustus Galerius ( r. 310–313) issued the Edict of Serdica and the Augustus Maximinus Daza ( r. 310–313) died.
4 days ago · When Caligula was assassinated in A.D. 41 after ruling for only four years, his two ships were sunk where they sat, in the middle of Lake Nemi, a small volcanic lake southeast of Rome. Over the...
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4 days ago · According to the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, Pontius Pilate was a corrupted man, known for briberies, executions without a trial, and cruelty. Gold coin showing the Tiberius’ portrait (on the left) and Augustus (on the right), 13 – 14 CE. Source: The British Museum.
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2 days ago · The Christians, most of whom were Greek slaves working for rich Roman families as teachers, chose to honor their supreme God Zeus as the representative of “Jehovah/ Jehovasa”. So whenever a Roman soldier asked a Jew to honor the Gods, the Jew would say, “Hail Jove!” and the Christian would say, “Hail Zeus!”.
